People have died in california, oregon and washington state. This as thousands of First Responders and support personnel are battling nearly 100 active, large fires across the region. In california alone, more than 3 million acres have burned. Thats more than 3 of the entire state and twice the size of delaware, the population. So, to complicate matters even more, nearly the entire west coast is under air quality alert, prompting a new warning from Health Experts who say smoke from the wild fires can actually make people more susceptible to coronavirus and other infections. And in just a few hours, President Trump will head to reno, nevada, for a campaign rally. The president has largely remained silent about all of these fires besides a tweet last night. Now, hell see the consequences perhaps firsthand when flying into the region as the National Weather service is forecasting dense smoke to blanket the region for the entire weekend. Our team is covering all of the angles of these unpr
Can attack anywhere. Get fast relief here with primatene mist. Available over the counter for mild ashtma. Primatene mist. Breathe easy again. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Its 11 00 p. M. Here on the east coast, and were following these big stories for you. The covid19 death toll in the United States getting closer and closer to 193,000. And dr. Anthony fauci pushing back on President Trumps claim at the u. S. Is rounding the corner in the battle against the pandemic. Fauci disagrees because he is looking at the facts. The data tells us that were still getting up to 40,000 new infections a day and a 1,000 deaths. Thats what you look at. Look at the science, the evidence and the data and you can make a pretty easy conclusion. The president also pushing for a vaccine before election day. Top medical experts including dr. Fauci saying that is highly unlikely. That as a top prosecutor is resigning from the Justice Department team probing the russia investigation. A report saying that
Allegations that trump employees altered cdc reports to not undermine the president. This is according to a federal Health Official who says Michael Caputo the venerable mmwr is the cdcs primary Public Health information. It has been around in some form since the 1870s. This after we learn the president has known the truth all along about just how deadly and dangerous this virus is. Hes been intentionally downplaying the severity of it. As his own voice revealed conversations he had with bob woodward. Lets go to minden, nevada, Boris Sanchez is standing by. Before we talk about what youre seeing on the ground. Lets start with this new report about altered cdc reports. What more are you hearing now from trump officials. Trump officials are trying to discredit this source that is in the administration that reported this to cnn. The allegation that Administration Officials appointed by President Trump were altering reports from the cdc in order to make sure they werent correcting the pres
Again. And partisan gap and death tolls and hospitalizations is getting more stark. Showing the intentional political divide thats been created. Health care workers have spent nearly two years in the trerchgs of the virus, and theyve hit their states like florida are going further to back the guidance of Public Health officials. Well dive into that and more. Theres been some activity as i hinted at before in the rittenhouse trial. When we have facts, thats when well bring them to you. Today was the day the house has nearly passed the 1 . 7 trillion social spending package. Well dive into the fate of that legislation going forward. But were going to begin with the pandemic. Its the albatross around not just the administrations neck, all of necks. Our inability to get past this as a country, were hurting ourselves. Well say this. As covid goes, so goes the biden presidency. Right now the presidency is not going well, and if you look at covid, it may be because covid is not going well. We
Schools in england prepare to re open their classrooms to pupils after almost six months at home. The government says schools are safe to return to, teachers say theyre ready too. Were just looking forward to getting back to seeing them and doing what we do best, and teaching, with them in the classroom with us. Also on the programme tonight. British holidaymakers scamble forflights home from portugal amid growing concerns it is about to be put back back on the quarantine less than two weeks after it was taken off. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, sets out how she plans to pave the way for a second independence referendum. President trump is on his way to kenosha in wisconisn, his first visit since violent protests following the Police Shooting of a black man, jacob blake. And 75 years after the official end of world war ii, huw edwards retraces his grandfathers footsteps back to a prisoner of war camp. And coming up in sport on bbc news. The latest from the us open, as andy